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How I prepared for (and passed) the CISSP exam

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Hi folks, Thanks to everyone for their encouraging “congrats” regarding the CISSP exam that I passed a couple of weeks ago. I’ve also received several questions regarding which study materials I used, and what my training consisted of, so I decided to document the list of resources and the study method that I used. I’d also like to mention that a former coworker of mine wrote a very good article on this last year as well, which I used as a reference when I began studying for the test… thanks Miriam! Here is the link to her article:  How I passed the CISSP exam List of Resources I used: Online Training: Cybrary  - a very good (and FREE) training course… love Kelly’s teaching style! Books: CISSP Study Guide 3rd Ed. ($45.35): often called the “Conrad Study Guide” (see in Amazon ) (ISC)2 Official Study Guide 7th Ed. ($36.79): got the Kindle format (see in Amazon ) 11th Hour Study Guide 3rd Ed. ($26.44): this is the Cliffs Notes version of the Conrad Study Guide (see in Amaz